TMA-GITLAB-3.1.4
Ensure dependencies are monitored between open-source components
Description
Monitor, or ask software suppliers to monitor, dependencies between open-source components in use. Monitoring dependencies between open-source components helps to detect if software has fallen victim to attack on a common open-source component. Swift detection can aid in quick application of a fix. It also helps find potential compliance problems with components usage. Some dependencies might not be compatible with the organization's policies, and other dependencies might have a license that is not compatible with how the organization uses this specific dependency. If dependencies are monitored, such situations can be detected and mitigated sooner, potentially deterring malicious attacks.
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.
For each project, ensure that dependency scanning and container scanning are enabled in order to monitor dependencies. 1. On GitLab, navigate to the main page of the repository. 2. Review the CI pipeline configuration to verify that Dependency Scanning and that Container Scanning have been configured to run on this project.
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
For every repository that is in use, set a dependency scanning and container scanning tools to detect, prevent, and monitor vulnerabilities in project packages and container images by performing the following: 1. On GitLab, navigate to the main page of the repository. 2. Configure Dependency Scanning and Container Scanning to run on this project
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- devsecopsgitlabmonitoring
- Reference
- CIS GitLab Benchmark v1.0.1 - 3.1.4 Ensure dependencies are monitored between open-source components